Fog Of History

August 17, 2022

“Once upon a time…”

Photographer: Carl Campbell Perhaps one of the most recognizable phrases in the English language; one that signals the reader (or listener) is about to be told a tale of mythical legend where the heroes always win. And in the year 2022, it could also indicate one is about to read a book about human history.…

August 19, 2022

The Problem With Pompeii

Thanks to an extremely effective tourism campaign and a whirlwind traveling museum exhibit, Pompeii is one of the most recognizable archaeological sites in the world. Located on the southwestern coast of the Italian peninsula, nearly 4 million people visited per year prior to COVID-19. However, an unfortunate by-product of Pompeii looming large in the public…

August 18, 2022

Herald, Hagiographer, Historian, Archaeologist

Where does the accepted history of a people or place come from? Who decides what is worthy of inclusion and what stories should be suppressed and forgotten? Since the Early Medieval Period, the answer for most of the world was white colonizing men…aka the nascent Catholic Church. When Eurasia was devastated by a rolling succession…